UK urged to follow Irish legal high law

The UK Government should follow an Irish model of legislation in a bid to tackle legal highs, councils have said.

UK urged to follow Irish legal high law

The UK Government should follow an Irish model of legislation in a bid to tackle legal highs, councils have said.

The British Local Government Association (LGA), which represents 400 councils, wants the UK to follow legislation introduced in Ireland four years ago that bans the sale of all “psychoactive” – or brain altering – drugs and then exempts some, such as alcohol and tobacco.

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